CONTENTS

THE NEW TESTAMENT AS A WHOLE...

"New Testament" means New Covenant, I. Rela-

tion between old covenant and new, I, 2. Old

covenant of salvation by law, 2. New covenant

of salvation by grace, 2. Under the old, ordinances,

prophecies, judgments, 2. Scattering of the Jews,

Greek language, 3. Incarnation, and death of Christ,

3. In him the new covenant ratified, 4. The New

Testament the final revelation, 4. It is the title-deed

to our inheritance, 5; the new covenant embodied,

5. New Testament a collection of many books, 5.

Not in existence for twenty years after Jesus' death,

6. Epistles preceded Gospels, 6. Slow and difficult

transmission, 7. Most of the books in circulation by

A. D. 70, 7. Canon not complete for three hundred

years, 8. Proofs of care in making it up, 8. Apoc-

ryphal literature set aside, 9. The collection of many

books came to be a single book, 9. The New Testa-

ment is a unity, 9. Condensation and sublimity of its

writing, 10. Its unity shows divine inspiration, 10.

No imperfections inconsistent with truth, 11. Yet

the organic whole is articulate, 12. Three great

divisions, 12. History, doctrine, prophecy, 13. Like

the Old Testament, 14. Contrast with the Koran, 14.

Beginning and end, in both Old Testament and

New, 15.

THE LIFE OF CHRIST....

The life of Christ the substance of gospel, 16. It

is the life of an infinite Being on earth, 16. Christ
is the eternal Word of God, made flesh, 16; the one
and only Revealer of God, 17. No other name

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whereby we may be saved, 18. The Infinite can be

known only as it comes under limitation, 18. God

comes down and lives a finite life, that we may

understand him, 19. More worthy than the Greek

idea of divine seclusion, 19. Self-limitation is the

highest nobility and dignity, 20. The Word made

flesh is subject to the laws of human development, 21.

Misconceptions removed, 21. At twelve years, Jesus

came to know himself as Sent of God and Son of

God, 22. Divinity limited by humanity, 23. Illus-

tration from Humboldt, 23. Christ took form of

servant, 24. Progress in teaching of Jesus, but

always truth, 24. Christ subject of teaching, more

than teacher, 25. Embodied reconciliation between

God and man, 25. Three years of Christ's ministry

described, 26. First year an appeal to Jewish au-

thorities, 26. John describes his rejection by the

rulers, 27. Second year an appeal to the Jewish peo-

ple in Galilee, 28. They also reject him, 28. Third

year an appeal to his disciples, 29. Prepares them

to preach gospel after his death, 30.

THE GOSPELS AND THEIR ORIGIN...

An oral account preceded our present Gospels, 32.

Apostles primarily teachers, only secondarily writers,

32. Converts needed direct instruction, 33. Memory

was strong, 33. Holy Spirit brought truth to re-

membrance, 33. Repeated as was the Old Testament,

34. Salient and vital things were gradually selected,

34. Types of apostolic doctrine grew up, 35. One

supplemented another, 35. Yet the essentials were

stereotyped, 35. Substantial agreement, together with

individuality and independence, 36. No writing at

first, 36. But need of writing soon felt, 36. A. D. 50,

a possible Hebrew Gospel by Matthew, 37. A. D. 55,

Mark's Gospel in Greek, 37. A. D. 58, Matthew's

Gospel in Hebrew, 37. A. D. 59, Luke's Gospel, 38.

All three synoptic Gospels before destruction of

Jerusalem, 38. John wrote independently long after,

39; adding chronological data, 39. Gospels show

diversity in unity, 39. Matthew shows us Christ as

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suffering Messiah and King of Israel, 40; he ad-

dresses Jews, 40; Mark shows Christ as Wonder-

worker, 41; addresses Romans, 41. Luke shows

Christ as Friend of humanity, 41; addresses Greeks,

41. John shows us Christ in his divine nature, 42;

writes for all men, 42. Unity in diversity, 43. Pic-

tures from different points of view, 43. Illustrated

by Canaletto and Turner, 44; by Plato and Xenophon,

45. Two plus two equal sixteen, 46. Gospels not

mere tradition, 46; but record written while wit-

nesses were living, 46; the settled convictions and

testimonies of those who knew our Lord, 47.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW...... 48-66

The Gospel of sacrifice, 48. Matthew's original

name was Levi, 48. The publican was a tax-gatherer,

48; a qualified writer, 49; a humble man, 49; a man

of means, 49. First wrote in Hebrew, 50; and after-

ward our Greek translation, 51; enlarging as he

wrote, 51; but quoting Greek Old Testament instead

of Hebrew, 52. Palestine bilingual, 53; people spoke

Aramaic, but read Greek, 53; the literary language

Greek, 54. Date of the Greek Gospel about A. D. 58,

54; testimony of Irenæus to, 54; before destruction

of Jerusalem, 55; only wrong view of inspiration

puts the date after, 55. But Daniel had foretold that

destruction, 56. The date of the Gospel not long

before, 56. Object of the Gospel to prepare Jewish

Christians for trial, 57; by showing them that Christ

was an almighty Saviour, 57; King of Israel and

promised Messiah, 58. Historical proof begins with

genealogy, 58. Christ is son of David and son of

Abraham, 58; also a suffering Messiah, 58. Two

classes of predictions fulfilled in him, 59. Matthew

is the Gospel of rejection, 59. Christ is forsaken by

Sanhedrin, by Jewish people, by God himself upon

the cross, 60. The old covenant merged in the new,

61. Structure of the Gospel, 61; first, our Lord's

official life in Galilee, 62; secondly, preparation for

the crucifixion, 62. Sermon, miracles, parables, 62;

sermon, miracles, prophecies, 63. Not chronological,

but logical, order, 63; not an annalist, like Mark, 64.

Unique things in Matthew, 64. Christ the Son of

God and King of Israel, 65; his sacrifice the central

subject of Matthew, 66.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK....

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John, whose surname was Mark, 67; convert of

Peter and mentioned in Mark 14: 51, 52? 68. Cousin

of Barnabas? 68. Went with Paul and Barnabas to

Antioch and Perga, 69; left Paul, 69; recovered

Paul's confidence, 69. The familiar companion of

Peter and Paul, 70. Interpreter of Peter, 70. Evi-

dences of Peter's sanction, 71. Mark inspired, as

standing in place of an apostle, 72. Gospel written

possibly in Babylon, A. D. 55 or 56, 73. Written for

Roman readers, 73; the Gospel of miracles, 73; Christ

the Wonder-worker, 73. Method of an annalist, 74;

chronological order, 74; little grouping, 74. Many

miracles, but few parables, 75. Gospel of activity, 76.

Christ the Lion of the tribe of Judah, 76. The word

"straightway," 76. Christ majestic and awe-in-

spiring, 77. The briefest of the Gospels, 78; most

picturesque, 78; minute detail, 78. Unique things in

Mark's Gospel, 79. Adaptation to Roman readers,

80. Mark explains things familiar in Palestine, 81.

Witness to miracles, 82; in spite of Sadducean un-

belief, 82; contrast to medieval accounts, 82; a

credible narrative, 83.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE..

Luke is

The Gospel of Christ's humanity, 84.

Lucanus, not a Jew, born at Antioch, 84. Gospel

dedicated to Theophilus, 84, a man of note and

wealth, 85. Luke an educated physician, 85; com-

panion of Paul from Troas, 85; goes with Paul

to Philippi, but there remains for seven years, 86.

The we passages" in the Acts, 87. Date of the

Gospel, 87. Material collected at Cæsarea, 88;

written about A. D. 59, 89. A Pauline Gospel, in

what sense, 89. Testimony of Irenæus and Tertul-

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